Good-to-have-bits and just-in-case-things

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Aquarella

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After my husband passed away I am now preparing to go back to the boat in Greece and start sailing single handed. I've collected a few things I think I will need for this new situation. The boat (a HR31 from 1976) has, over the years, been filled with equipment for offshore sailing but if any of you have suggestions for stuff that might make life easier/safer please let me know. More about this on my blog here http://yachtswoman.blogspot.se/
 
Sail Needles, Whipping Twine, marlin spike,
Nigel Calder's "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual"
Grease, WD40, and 3in1 oil
Good quality tools
Multi-meter .... electrical
Spare winch handles
Spool of 4mm polyester double braid rope .... for lashings
DuckTape, PTFE tape (Pumbers), self-amalgamating tape, electrical tape
 
Cable ties......of all sizes.....useful to temporarily attach things to other things.... and.....Counter intuitively....black ones seem to resist uv degradation much better than white ones.....
You can get them which are `releasable`(from B&Q)...or carry a small pair of wire cutters to clip them off

Read your blog.........Good luck to you..

Ps.. The herpes simplex virus (which is responsible for `cold sores`) lives in , or in the environs of the eye....and is `activated` by (possibly amongst other things) briefly accidentally looking directly into the sun
 
TradewindSailor said:
Sail Needles, Whipping Twine, marlin spike,
Nigel Calder's "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual"
Grease, WD40, and 3in1 oil
Good quality tools
Multi-meter .... electrical
Spare winch handles
Spool of 4mm polyester double braid rope .... for lashings
DuckTape, PTFE tape (Pumbers), self-amalgamating tape, electrical tape
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Thank for this list. I do have most of these things apart from the spare winch handle, I'll write that down.
I've bought and downloaded Nigel Calders maual on to my ipad, great!
 
NOHOH said:
Cable ties......of all sizes.....useful to temporarily attach things to other things.... and.....Counter intuitively....black ones seem to resist uv degradation much better than white ones.....
You can get them which are `releasable`(from B&Q)...or carry a small pair of wire cutters to clip them off

Read your blog.........Good luck to you..

Ps.. The herpes simplex virus (which is responsible for `cold sores`) lives in , or in the environs of the eye....and is `activated` by (possibly amongst other things) briefly accidentally looking directly into the sun
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That was a good one about the cable ties, I had forgotten those, indispensable.
About your PS,
yes I had read about the sun which might have been the culprit in reactivating the herpes virus. Most of us have the virus dormant in our bodies, in very seldom cases it breaks through the barrier round the brain and creates total havoc resulting in grave cognitive issues, memory loss and sometimes death.
 
Instead of silicone sealant take a couple of tubes of CT1 which will even adhere to wet surfaces and will cure under water. Don't forget a gun to apply it. Best of luck in your venture.
 
A small gas powered soldering iron that can refill from an aerosol. Indispensable also for cutting ropes easily. I paid about £8 for ours, made by Laser tools.

Good luck. Big respect to you.
 
Aquarella said:
After my husband passed away I am now preparing to go back to the boat in Greece and start sailing single handed. I've collected a few things I think I will need for this new situation. The boat (a HR31 from 1976) has, over the years, been filled with equipment for offshore sailing but if any of you have suggestions for stuff that might make life easier/safer please let me know. More about this on my blog here http://yachtswoman.blogspot.se/
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My condolences for your sad loss but I trust he will be pleased that you are carrying on sailing.
I'll go along with what items the other replies have listed. There is the 'Live-aboard' forum here which you might find interesting & possibly there might be other forumites local to you in Greece. Good luck & keep going
 
Here are a few odd tools that I often use ....
Cordless Drill
A piece of stiff stainless steel wire with hook bent at one end ... about 30cm long ... I made mine out of the control wire in an old Teleflex cable
A pair of locking kelly forceps / hemostats
Mole Grips or Vice Grips ..... hand vices / locking pliers .... manufacturers names
A piece of scrap wood to use as a mini work bench and to clamp the work piece to
2 quick clamps like these
http://www.amazon.com/Irwin-Industr...wer-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1367104192&sr=1-36
 
Araldite, both the quick-setting and slow-setting (stronger) type. Both are water-proof and will resist any temperature likely to be found on a boat.
Flippers and goggles.
Flexible pickup tool (2 foot long) for picking up things that have fallen into the bilges below the engine, or other inaccessible places.
A few metres of chain, or else flexible hose for protecting a mooring rope, when using a buoy with a jagged eye likely to cut through rope.
 
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